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The Three Kingdoms
By: Anna Kuncio and Kayla Stemetzki

Our project is on the Three Kingdoms. There is the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom.

The Old Kingdom
  • They kept peace with Nubia and traded with them (only rarely had problems).
  • They sent merchants to the eastern coast of Mediterranean to find timber, which is trees that they used for building.
  • It was used to make boats, furniture, and houses.
  • Near the end of the Old Kingdom, governors in the provinces started to challenge the power of the pharaohs' government.
  • Egypt's unity crumbled, and the dynasties got weak.

external image sources_hetepheres_furniture.jpg **Peace and trading with Nubia**

The Middle Kingdom
  • Earlier rulers restored and united the country.
  • Paraohs spent the nation's wealth on the public works instead of on wars.
  • An example for public works is they constructed buildings and irrigation projects.
  • Egypt got even richer.
  • Even though they got richer, weaker rulers followed.
  • Do to foreign invaders, they lost control of the country.

The New Kingdom
  • When the Egyption princes drove out foreign invaders, that was the marking point of the New Kingdom.
  • The Egyptions wanted to build an empire.
  • They also created large armies- they had bronz weapons and protection which made them unbeatable.
  • They created mounted warriors, charioteers, and really big armies of foot soldiers.
  • King Tutankhamen became the ruler of Egypt when he was still just a kid.
  • When he was about 18 years old, he died and was buried with very precious things.
  • Then in 1922, an archaeologist discovered his tomb.
  • Since then, the studies of King Tutankhamen's funeral treasures taught us a lot about the ancient Egyptians.
external image mask_tut.lg.jpgexternal image spacer.gifexternal image 5.jpg**King Tutankhamen**







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